RDS

Overview

Amazon RDS manages popular relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server. RDS administers the database for you.

Use Cases

• Structured data with strict schema requirements

• Transactional workloads like ecommerce

• Applications needing ACID compliance

Properties

• DB Engine: The database engine (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc). Default is PostgreSQL.

• DB Instance Class: The virtual hardware config including CPU, memory, storage. Default is db.t2.micro.

Properties that were left out on purpose.

• Multi-AZ: Deploy to multiple AZs for high availability. Default is disabled.

• Read Replicas: Create read-only copies to serve read traffic. Default is 0 replicas.

You can easily override these defaults by entering the desired values in the code box

Inputs and Outputs

Inputs

• Query: Execute a SQL query against the database.

Outputs

• Event Notifications: Take action when RDS events occur like failure or recovery.